• Full time, Permanent Ongoing position
• Based in Metro and Regional prisons
• RPN6
• Great salary packaging conditions and leave entitlements
• Free onsite parking except in CBD

Forensicare is the statutory agency responsible for the provision of adult forensic mental health services across Victoria. Completed in 2017, the new medium-security men's prison is located in Ravenhall Correctional Centre in Melbourne's west, providing world-class forensic mental health services in Victoria in a purpose-built state of the art facility developed to international best practice standards.

About the role:

The Nurse Practitioner (RPN6) works within a interdisciplinary framework and will be responsible for the following duties:

• Expert assessment – holistic mental health and risk assessment
• Advocacy and access – ensuring timely access to appropriate mental health care and treatment
• Managing risk – applying risk management principles within a custodial setting.
• Complex mental health care and treatment – specialised interventions with highly complex and behaviourally challenging prisoners.
• Transition planning – facilitating successful transition from the prison to the community for prisoners with a mental illness.

Skills and experience:

• Extensive and advanced clinical knowledge and at least five years of experience in mental health nursing.
• Demonstrated ability to undertake comprehensive mental health and risk assessments and to plan, implement and evaluate interventions.
• Extensive knowledge and experience of nursing in a prison environment.

Mandatory qualifications & registrations:

• Postgraduate qualification in Mental Health Nursing or equivalent
• Registration with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulations Agency (AHPRA)

This position is subject to a Police Check.

Benefits:

We value our staff and provide a range of employee benefits including:

• Great salary packaging conditions.
• Excellent leave entitlements.
• Post-graduate scholarship programs.
• Ongoing training and full orientation.
• Comprehensive Health and Wellbeing Programs including Employee Assistance Programs.

Forensicare is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to attracting and developing a diverse workforce which reflects the community we serve. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people who identify as LGBTQI, people with a lived experience of disability, as well as people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.

Forensicare promotes the following values: responsiveness, integrity, impartiality, accountability, respect and leadership; and promotes behaviours that are consistent with these values at all times. Forensicare is an equal opportunity employer and offers a smoke free environment.